Brotherhood of Hope
Encyclopedia
History
Founded in 1980 by Fr. Phillip Merdinger a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Recognized as a Public Association of Christ's Faithful in 1998.
Lifestyle
The group seeks to bring their lives as close to that of Jesus Christ as possible, taking vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The charism of the order is the All-Sufficiency of Jesus Christ, hope of the world; a charism reflected in their motto: "Primum Deus - Deus Solum" (God First, God Alone). The Brotherhood maintains a wide outreach with students on college campuses, and are currently present at Florida State UniversityFlorida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
, Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, Northeastern University
Northeastern University, Boston
Northeastern University , is a private, secular, coeducational research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern has eight colleges and offers undergraduate majors in 65 departments...
and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
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